Comments for LUS rate increase approved at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 12 out of 12 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 03:15:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5756 THE HUVAL YO-YO, ISNT COVERING-UP, THE FIBER LOSING MONEY,THE PLAN ALL ALONG WAS FOR LUS TO SHOULDER THE UNPROFITABLE VENTURE! THIS IS HOW $ WHY COUILLIONS ENTER POLITICS. THE DREGS ARE AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN THE WAGES OBTAINED BY AN HONEST DAY'S WORK. ITS A PICNIC AS THEY SAY ALL THE LOW HANGING FRUIT IS YOURS AND YOUR CRONYS FOR THE PICKIN......YA KIDS GORGE LIKE PIGLETS AND THE MADAM STROLLS IN AH FUR. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:16:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5733 Don Bertrand's gotta go. - ragin_cajun Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:31:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5715 Don Bertrand has got to go! Vote after vote, more money, more planning, more "quality of life", and "you just don't understand city-parish government". Election day can't come soon enough! - ragin_cajun Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:14:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5705 Wait until the reality of fuel surcharge raises it's ugly head!! Right now natural gas is at an all time low. Be ready for your rates to sky-rocket!!!!!!!! - nor t hsidian Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:35:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5688 The Lafayette Mofia wins again. - Jesus Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:40:17 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5680 I am NO fan of bureaucrats and think Lafayette should put MOST out to pasture. Terry Huval, however, has done an excellent job in running a great facility. LUS' response time, preparedness, etc are incredible. It was time for an increase, and economic/equipment conditions that allowed LUS to make money in the past do NOT exist now. We can pay now or sit around in the dark during the next hurricane. People who complain WILL complain no matter WHEN/How-Much the cost increases. - Wake up and look at the facts Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:25:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5671 Shelvin and Boudreaux seem to have this right. This was very sudden. We go from lots of surplus and "Hey look at how much we give back to Lafayette Government" to suddenly being weeks or months away from having to boil water? What gives? How does that happen? I think the answer lies in another question that doesn't seem to have gotten asked -- "How is Fiber doing?" Isn't LUS loaning money to the Fiber program to the tune of millions? Didn't LUS take over part of the cost of Fiber's Pinhook storefront location to ease the overrun that was on Fiber's books? The answer to those questions is YES. And I suspect that is just the tip of the iceberg regarding what Fiber costs have been "shifted" to LUS such that LUS is now in such dire straits. For those keeping score - since Fiber passed, we've seen water rates double or triple for some and now a 15% increase on the power side. It is a simple premise ... you raise the rates on the utilities and services you have a monopoly on in order to stay competitive in the area you don't have a monopoly over. But the folks who warned this would happen in order to try and keep the "low cost fiber" promise were just anti-Lafayette haters, right? Congrats Mr. Huval! Hook, line and sinker! All the best, Soop - Soop Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:56:58 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5667 Hooray! On second thought, if Huval was such a good manager then why wasn't he pushing smaller increases years ago. - Mikhail Kalashnikov Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5665 Sam Dore, hope you enjoy your first and last term in office. - Larry Aucoin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:03:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5663 YOU ARE SO CORRECT, SHELVIN . NO-ONE SPOKE TO YOU OF RAISING THE LUS RATES, BUT APPARENTLY JOEY AND HUVAL DID'NT DANGLE THE CARROT IN YOUR NOSE, EH ? THE OTHERS PROIVED THEY WOULD STOOP FOR THE FIRST OFFERING.. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:42:04 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5662 Thanks to the four fiscal conservatives (Brandon Shelvin, Kenneth Boudreaux, Jared Bellard, and William Theriot)on the council who at least tried. - Thanks for trying Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:32:51 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5617#comment-5660 Can you picture ""DORE IN A HULA $ LEIS, BOOGYING WITH CASTILLE IN HONOLULU SIPPING COCONUT DAIQUIRE'S, """ JOEY SEZS ATTA BOYS ! DODO'S DODO'S, WHACHA GONNA DO, WHEN THEY D-CONSOLIDATE YOU ? """ GET A REAL JOB " ? - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:21:08 +0100